It seems the companies have figured it out – smaller form factors aren’t a fringe product but are in very real demand. But “mini” versions of flagships tend to lose some of what make their bigger siblings appealing in the first place, unfortunately. Sony, though, appears ever aspirational in its quest for greater consumer loyalty and market share, and wanted to buck that trend with a “compact” offering that literally just shrinks down their best device.

Samsung’s sequel to the Galaxy A71 is here, and it’s closer than ever to a true flagship. If you’re eyeing up this midrange move, just be sure to keep it safe. Here are our picks for the best Samsung Galaxy A72 cases you can buy to help you out. See also: Samsung Galaxy A72 announced We don’t have our hands on the phone quite yet, which means that some of the best cases are yet to come.

Over the New Year’s holiday the German newspaper Spiegel has published details about the gadgets the NSA uses to spy on people and companies. According to the newspaper the NSA has a special secret unit, called ANT, which specializes in creating tech related devices for eavesdropping and installing spyware on computers. From USB sticks that works as bugging devices to implants that can spy on your network, the NSA has it all!

I don’t understand why high-end, expensive Chromebooks like the Pixelbook exist. They simply don’t make sense to me, as a consumer. I’m not sure what they’re meant for and I’m not sure who they’re made for. Samsung, Asus working on high-end Chromebooks to take on Pixelbook — report News Chrome OS is what runs on the Chromebook and it’s a nice little OS. It’s essentially a web browser that runs apps.

Tired of your current podcast app? If so, switching to a new one is the way to go. Thanks to OPML files, you can get it done in just a few minutes. But to make it work, the podcast app has to support importing/exporting OPML files. If it doesn’t, you’ll have to subscribe to all your podcasts manually one by one, which can be time-consuming. Fortunately, the vast majority of podcast apps for Android support this feature, including Pocket Casts, BeyondPod, Castbox, Podcast Addict, Podcast Player, and many others.

TL;DR Images supposedly showing the Huawei P Smart 2019 have been published online. The pictures show a phone with a waterdrop notch, rear fingerprint scanner, and dual camera setup. It’s believed the new handset will offer a Kirin 710 chipset, up to 4GB of RAM, and up to 64GB of storage. The Huawei P Smart was one of the better-equipped budget phones in the first half of 2018. Featuring a dual camera setup, rear fingerprint scanner and a full HD+ 18:9 display, it ticked plenty of boxes for a sub-$300 device.

Lenovo introduced a new Chromebook during MWC Barcelona 2019 built for the enterprise. Released alongside the 14w with Windows 10, both are intended to “increase firstline worker productivity” in retail, manufacturing and more. Both arrive in April with the Chromebook costing around $279 and the Windows 10 device costing around $299. Lenovo 14e: An enterprise-friendly Chromebook For this hands-on, we dug into Lenovo’s enterprise-friendly 14e Chromebook. The model on display featured a durable aluminum exterior complementing a 14-inch IPS screen with a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution.

If you’re anything like me, at any given time you probably have close to a dozen or more accounts online (email, memberships to services, bank accounts, etc), all of which require a password. That means you have at least a few different passwords to memorize, as using the same password for everything isn’t exactly the most secure route to take. While a completely password-free life isn’t quite attainable just yet, Google is testing out a method that can free us from one of these passwords at least.

Motorola’s David Schuster has just taken to Google+ to announce that the Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx and Droid Mini will not be receiving an update to Android 5.0 Lollipop. No explanation was provided for the skipped update, though the company is offering affected Droid users some coupons on new smartphones for their troubles. If you happen to own any of these devices and would like a new-and-improved Moto phone, you have the option to claim a couple discounts on Motorola’s site.

We’re quickly approaching the release of the latest and greatest device from OnePlus, the OnePlus 5T. While nothing is confirmed yet, plenty of rumors are popping up about the internals, display, and camera of the device. It looks like company co-founder Carl Pei is trying to build some hype around the rumored dual-camera setup on the 5T. He has been active on Twitter recently where he shared a photo that probably came from the new phone.